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(No Model.)

P. H. ROBBINS.

FENCE.

No. 410,926,V

Patented Sept. 10

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PRINCE II. ROBBINS, OF FARVELL, MICHIGAN.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 410,926, dated September 10, 1889.

Application iiled January 3, 1889. Serial No. 295,294. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, t may concern.-

Be it known that I, PRINCE H. ROBBINs, a citizen of the United .States of America, residing at Farwell, in the county of Clare and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specication.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in post-and-rail fences.

The object of my improvement is to provide a fence which can be readily constructed, and which when built will be durable, cheap, and strong; and my invention consists in the combination of the vertical posts, which have 'a series of perforations through which a continuous wire is passed in opposite directions, and thence carried to the neXt perforation above to form loops which brace and support the horizontal rails, as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

My invention also consists in the special construction and combination, as set forth in the claims.

Heretofore post-and-rail fences have been constructed by employing as a means for supporting'the rails metallic bands or wires, which have been secured to the post by nails or staples, within which the ends of the rails were inserted; but in practice it has been demonstrated that such construction was faulty, inasmuch as the weight of the rails would cause the metallic bands to sag and allow the rails to fall out of line, and thus destroy the symmetry of the fence; also, the fastenings would become loose and detached from constant pressure and swelling and shrinking of the wood, and as the loops were secured to the posts they could not be tightened when desired without practically rebuilding the fence, all of which objections are obviated by my improved construction.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a fence constructed in accordance with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken through one of the posts, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a modiiication. l

A refers to the fence-post, which is provided with a series of perforations a a, through which a wire B is passed to form a series of loops b b on opposite sides of the post, the free ends of the wires being at the upper end of said post. The wire B is passed directly through the openings a a so as to nearly cross each other, and they are not twisted within said openings. After the loops b b have been formed of about the right size the free ends of the wire are twisted together above the upper ends of the posts A, so asvto secure them to each other. The ends of the rails are then inserted within the loops and the successive loops are drawn tight over the rail ends by a lever or other tightening means inserted between the wire and the post successively at each loop from the bottom upward, whereby the loops are tightened to cause the wire to slightly embed itself in the rails to prevent them being removed longitudinally. After the loops have been tightened the ends of the wire are firmly secured to each other by further twisting. Should the wire stretch or become loose from any cause, it can be readily tightened without removing the rails.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings I have shown a modification of my improvement, the perforations in the post being inclined, instead of horizontal, by which construction water is prevented from lodging in the openings, thus adding to the life of the post. Fig. 3 also shows a tightening lever or device as used in finally tightening the upper ends of the wire.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

'1. A fence consisting of vertical posts provided with a longitudinal series of transverse perforations, a length of wire seated centrally in the bottom perforation, with its ends crossing each other in the succeeding ones to form loops between the perforations on each side of a post, and the rails having the ends of one panel seated in the loops at the opposite side of a post from the loops in which the rail ends IOO in the next adjacent panel are sented, subopposite sides of n post, substantially as destnntizilly as described. scribed. io

2. A fence consisting of vertical posts pro- In testimony whereof I niix my signature in vided with transverse perfoi'zttions inclined presence of two witnesses. 5 from the horizontal, a wire seated in the end PRINCE I1. ROBBINS.

perforation, with its ends crossing in each Vitnesses: succeeding one, and the rails having their DANIEL R. IVAIT,

ends in adjacent panels seated in the loops at J oHN MCKERRACHER. 

